Julia Presgraves
Designer
Location
Jersey City, NJ, United States
Toptal Member Since
April 28, 2016
Julia is an award-winning creative with 15 years of experience in design and art direction. Her passion lies in problem-solving and creating unique and simple visual solutions. She believes that to be inspired, you must be willing to look outside the ordinary and appreciate the beauty in everything.
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Work Experience
2016 - PRESENT
Founder and Design Director
Flambeau Design
- Designed the site architecture, UI/UX, and visual systems for websites.
- Designed and customized WordPress and Squarespace sites.
- Conceptualized and developed new brand systems for small businesses including logos, identity systems, and brand books.
- Formed and managed client relationships.
- Scoped and managed projects from conception to completion.
Technologies: WordPress, Adobe Creative Suite, InVision, Sketch
2002 - PRESENT
Senior Designer
Nonprofit Work
- Designed the UI/UX for an educational website targeting both students and teachers.
- Created multiple suites of collateral for different organizations.
- Designed logos and collateral for a local charity event.
Technologies: WordPress, Adobe Creative Suite
2007 - 2015
Associate Design Director
Iris Worldwide
- Designed a mobile-to-tablet live game experience for a large telecom company at their promotional popup experience on college campuses.
- Created a global website design for a leading beauty house to include both the entire brand portfolio, and it's corporate information. Included was a back-end CMS that allowed each brand to update its own page, as well as customize their social and content feeds.
- Designed a prank website promoting the launch of a new movie.
- Rebranded and relaunched a telecom company based out of the UK. This included logo design, brand guidelines, and advertising.
- Designed a holiday content hub for a CPG company to promote the launch of a new product.
- Redesigned the global site for a skin care company.
- Managed and mentored a team of visual, UX, and production designers.
- Worked as a lead designer in the formation and management of client relationships.
Technologies: Adobe Creative Suite
Education
1998 - 2002
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Graphic Design
University of Central Florida - Orlando, FL, USA
